1. Dairy Nutrient Management Program
Talk about Program, Partners and Process
Source: Whatcom Conservation District
Virginia “Ginny” Prest
WSDA Dairy Nutrient Management
Program Manager
Washington Dairy Industry Meeting
November 10 – 11, 2015

2. Inspections Survey for evidence of violations
Identify corrective actions for actual/imminent discharges that violate or could violate the state's water quality standards

3. Statewide Inspection 2007-2015
Inspection Type
EA Region
127 Dairies
NW Region 172 Dairies
SW Region
104 Dairies
Washington State
Routine
547
689
413
1649
Investigation 71
209 42
322
Follow up 69
224 51
344
EPA, Lagoon Assessments and Other
184
384 70
738
TOTAL
871
1506
576
2953
% resulting in compliance ALL
21%
25%
15%
22%
% resulting in compliance DISCHARGE
.3% 2% 1%
1.3%
Over 84% of all compliance is WL…see next slide

4. Discharges, 2005-2015 These stats represent the entire state
My point, we have not documented a lot of discharges over the last 11 years – 86
Also Washington has near 30% less dairies
Number of discharges per facility
Facilities OOB with 0 discharges 29.0%
% with 0 discharges 84.7%
% with 1 discharge 12.6%
15 2.7% with 2 or more discharges 2.7%
563

5. Discharge by Category, 2005-2015
Land applications and collection, conveyance and storage continue to lead the pack in terms of discharges
In many ways this can be tied to the weather – how much it rains – for both the upside and the down side
Discharge Category
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Application- Field Conditions (33) 3 5 1 8
Collection/Storage (49) 4 6

6. Compliance Actions,
Average enforcement actions for “discharges” and “risky management practices” 8 and 56, respectively
2005 – hovander,
2006, 2010, 2012 staffing changes = catching up on inspections and in 2012 enforcement
By Compliance Type
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Discharge to Surface Water (94 Total, 24 penalties, 51 notices) 12 7 8 13 1 5 15
Risky Management Practices (617 = 520 warning, 97 notices) 21 70 64 67 55 74 46
102 48 49

7. Any Questions? Virginia (Ginny) Prest Program Manager
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